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HELPING ARMS INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
HELPING ARMS INC (EIN 22-3615744)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-11-15
IRS object ID
201303199349307080
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-11-15T14:18:16-06:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN222428965EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1CITRIN COOPERMAN & COMPANY LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1290 W MT PLEASANT AVENUE 3310AddressLine1
CityLIVINGSTONCity
StateNJState
ZIP Code07039ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN223615744EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1HELPING ARMS INCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlHELPNameControl
Phone2015560745Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1297 KINDERKAMACK ROADAddressLine1
CityORADELLCity
StateNJState
ZIP Code07649ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameRONALD BROWNName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone2015560745Phone
Date Signed2013-11-12DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameSTUART BENDERName
PTINP00140166PTIN
Phone9732180500Phone
Date Prepared2013-11-12DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonRONALD BROWNNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1297 KINDERKAMACK ROADAddressLine1
CityORADELLCity
StateNJState
ZIP Code07649ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts233476GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web SiteWWW.HELPINGARMS.NETWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1998YearFormation
State Legal DomicileNJStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING TO LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS ANNOUNCEMENT 95-37.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body4NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members4NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees9TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year398263ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year228606ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year67085ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY4870ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year0InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year465348TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year233476TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year315690SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year195864SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year34499OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year230363TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year48748RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY3113RevenuesLessExpensesCY
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Total Assets EOY90836TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY84122TotalLiabilitiesBOY
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY42146NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY45259NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
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Expense230363Expense
Revenue4870Revenue
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Total Program Service Expense230363TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required1ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip0ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities0ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest0ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssets
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Report Fin48 Footnote0ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt1IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraising
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
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Loan To Officer Or DQP1LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art0DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org0TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With10961NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees9NumberOfEmployees
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Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions0QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of0Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members4NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members4NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy0DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO0CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other0CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledNJStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1ORGANIZATIONBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number2015560745TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1297 KINDERKAMACK ROAD STE 222AddressLine1
CityORADELLCity
StateNJState
ZIP Code07649ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
JEANETTE REES
BOARD MEMBER1.00X000
FRANK STILWELL
BOARD MEMBER1.00X000
MARTIN BERSHTEIN
BOARD MEMBER1.00X000
GRIZEL UBARRY
BOARD MEMBER1.00X000
EPHRAIM FELICIANO
BOARD MEMBER1.00X000
RONALD BROWN
PRESIDENT1.00000X
CINDY MORGAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40.007375705861X
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org73757TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs0TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation5861TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K0TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Government Grants228606GovernmentGrants
Total Contributions228606TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescriptionCASE MGMT SERVICES REVDescription
Business Code624200BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column4870TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income4870RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue4870TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column233476TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income4870RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total73757Total
Program Services73757ProgramServices

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total88711Total
Program Services88711ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total33396Total
Program Services33396ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total8607Total
Program Services8607ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total11799Total
Program Services11799ProgramServices

Travel Travel

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total3639Total
Program Services3639ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total3003Total
Program Services3003ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (3 entries)

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JANITORIAL & UTILITIES31123112
CONTRACTORS200200

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total230363Total
Program Services230363ProgramServices
Management And General0ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY30613BOY
EOY40591EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY67404BOY
EOY22967EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY28251BOY
EOY25426EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY1852EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY126268BOY
EOY90836EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY51895BOY
EOY13350EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY32227BOY
EOY32227EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY84122BOY
EOY45577EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY42146BOY
EOY45259EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY42146BOY
EOY45259EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY126268BOY
EOY90836EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses3113ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2XPubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years243758CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years395187CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year398263CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year228606CurrentTaxYear
Total1267634Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year67085CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year4870CurrentTaxYear
Total71955Total

Total509 Total509

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years243758CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years395187CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year465348CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year233476CurrentTaxYear
Total1339589Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

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Total0Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

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Total0Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

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Total0Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total5091339589PublicSupportTotal509

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years24CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total24Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years243758CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years395187CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year465348CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year233476CurrentTaxYear
Total1339613Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage5091.00000PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage0.99990PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage0.00000InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509
General ExplanationSCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 12, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: INTEREST INCOME - 2008 AMOUNT: $ 24.GeneralExplanation

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings0TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt233476TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Not Rptd F9900RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal233476RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990233476TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt230363TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Not Rptd F9900ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal230363ExpensesSubtotal
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990230363TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loan Table LoanTable

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonRONALD BROWNNamePerson
Purpose Of LoanFUNDINGPurposeOfLoan
Loan To OrganizationXLoanToOrganization
Original Principal$32,227OriginalPrincipalAmount
Balance Due32227BalanceDue
Default0Default
Approved By Board1ApprovedByBoard
Written Agreement0WrittenAgreement
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due32227TotalBalanceDue

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (2 entries)

RelationshipRelationshipAmount Of TransactionAmountOfTransactionDescription Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransactionSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
ESCHER SRO PROJECT LP
COMMON MANAGEMENT43703ALLOCATED COSTS0
EMET TRANSITIONAL SERVICES LLC
COMMON MANAGEMENT26927ALLOCATED COSTS0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11COPIES OF THE 990 ARE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. THEY RESPOND WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UPON THEIR REVIEW OF THE 990 AND APPROVE FOR FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CTHE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND REQUESTS THIS FORM TO BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED. THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS UP ON ANY ISSUES DOCUMENTED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.